Bournemouth and Aston Villa revived their hopes of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League with much-needed victories on Monday (NZ time).
Bournemouth came from a goal down to beat fourth-placed Leicester City 4-1 for their first win in 10 games.
Leicester were in command after Jamie Vardy's scrappy first-half goal. But with the relegation trap door creaking underneath their feet, Bournemouth turned the match around in stunning fashion with Dominic Solanke scoring twice.
For Leicester, defeat was a huge blow to their hopes of a top-four finish.
Junior Stanislas equalised from the penalty spot in the 66th minute after a mistake by Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel, who was at fault again one minute later when he allowed Solanke's shot to trickle over the line.
To make matters worse for the Foxes, defender Caglar Soyuncu was shown a straight red card after tangling with Callum Wilson immediately after Bournemouth's goal.
Leicester then collapsed in alarming fashion.
Stanislas's shot in the 83rd minute went in off Leicester defender Jonny Evans before Solanke seized on more dreadful Leicester defending to add his second.
Bournemouth move back above Villa to 18th place on 31 points, three behind both Watford and West Ham United, who face each other in the next round of fixtures.
Earlier, two goals by Egyptian forward Trezeguet gave Aston Villa a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace.
The result lifts Villa to 30 points from 35 games but they are still four points adrift of safety, while Palace stayed 14th on 42 points after a fifth successive defeat.
The game was overshadowed by controversy after a Villa fan sent Palace forward Wilfried Zaha racist messages on social media prior to the match.
A 12-year-old boy was later arrested in relation to the messages.
Meanwhile, Toby Alderweireld's 81st-minute header gave Tottenham a 2-1 victory in a tightly-contested north London derby against Arsenal.
The match appeared to be heading for a draw after Son Heung-min cancelled out Alexandre Lacazette's opener.
However, Alderweireld's header claimed all three points for Spurs to move Jose Mourinho's side above Arsenal into eighth place in the battle for local bragging rights.
With three games left Tottenham have 52 points to Arsenal's 50, but are seven points behind fourth-placed Leicester City.
Victory maintained Mourinho's impressive record in home games against Arsenal - he has now won six and drawn four - and was a rare highlight for Tottenham in a mediocre season.
"I think it's massive for us. I think we really wanted to win this game, you know it's difficult without the fans, it will be a totally different atmosphere but I think we did everything that we could. We fought," Alderweireld said.
Elsewhere, Wolverhampton Wanderers boosted their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a 3-0 home win over Everton.
Victory lifted Nuno Espirito Santo's side up to sixth in the standings.
Reuters
